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126522. Antidesma platyphyllum H. Mann. Euphorbiaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by F. G. Walsingham, Atkins Institution of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received January 13, 1938. 



An evergreen tree 20 to 30 feet high, native to the Hawaiian Islands. The 

 rather stiff, ovate to obovate leaves are 3 to 5 inches long, and the inconspicuous 

 flowers are followed by compressed, suboblique reddish fruits about % inch long. 



For previous introduction see 124982. 



126523 to 126534. 



From Austria. Seeds purchased from Griinwald & Co., Wiener-Neustadt. 

 January 12, 1938. 



126523 to 126531. Prunus spp. Amygdalaceae. 



126523. Prunus avium L. Mazzard cherry. 



From Austria. 

 126524 to 126527. Prunus avium L. Sweet cherry. 



Var. Sylvestris. 



12a524. From Poland. 126526. From Bulgaria. 



126525. From Czechoslovakia. 126527. From Austria. 



126528 and 126529. Prunus mahaleb L. Mahaleb cherry. 



126528. From Dalmatia. 



126529. From France. 



126530 and 126531. Prunus domestica L. Common plum. 



126530. The common type found in Austria. 



126531. Var. Juliana. 



126532 to 126534. Pyrus spp. Malaceae. 

 126532 and 126533. Pyrus communis L. Common pear. 



126532. From grafted trees. 



126533. [No data.] 



126534. Pyrus ussuriensis Maxim. Ussurian pear. 



126535. Senecio salignus DC. Asteraceae. 



From Arizona. Seeds presented by F. Gibson, Director, Boyce Thompson South- 

 western Arboretum, Superior. Received January 18, 1938. 



Seed from plants growing in the arboretum, but native from the southwestern 

 United States through Mexico and Guatemala. A glabrous shrub 4 to 8 feet 

 high ; the narrowly lanceolate, sessile leaves are 1 to 5 inches long and the 

 bright-yellow, daisylike flowers are borne in early winter in terminal cymes. 

 An ornamental plant of value for soil-erosion control. 



For previous introduction see 80699. 



126536 to 126538. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by Dr. William J. White, University of Sas- 

 katchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Received January 13, 1948. 



126536. Agropyron trachycaulum (link) Malte. Poaceae. 



Slender wheatgrass. 



Grazier S-3. 



126537. Agropyron sp. Poaceae. Wheatgrass. 

 Mecca. S-l. 



126533, Bromus inermis Leyss. Poaceae. Smooth bromegrass. 



Superior. S-9. 



